40th Le Bal de Ballet

It would tax any vocabulary to come up with a fresh superlative for each of thr 39 debutantes and 31 Young Men of Distinction presented at the 40th Le Bal de Ballet.
So, let’s just say they’re a great bunch of kids who’ve done some amazing things. And they’re destined for more of the same.
A fund-raiser for Denver Ballet Guild — the money is used to promote excellence in dance performance and to increase the size of dance audiences — Le Bal de Ballet was chaired by Pam Kelsall and held on June 14.
The honorees were introduced by Dr. Toby Cole at Boettcher Concert Hall and then taken by horse-drawn carriage to the Sheraton Denver Hotel for dinner and dancing.
Debutantes and the colleges they will attend are:Shelby Faye Adams, University of Virginia; Madison Elizabeth Autterson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Brooke Patricia Carnie, University of Kansas; Frances Kappner Clark, University of Virginia; Kara Michelle Cuje, Colorado State University; Kaitlin Maura Delaney, University of Denver; Jessica Anne Dickey, Santa Clara University; Taylor Cora Dolven, Miami University; and Kerry McAdam Ergen, Wake Forest University.Andrea Frances Fitch, University of Denver; Arianna Milan Gerdes, University of Notre Dame; Emily Christine Gordon, Purdue University; Hannah Kasden Hoffman, Boston University; Cynthia Susan Johnson, University of Oregon; Lauren Arline Paige Johnson, University of California-Berkeley; Morgan Elizabeth Leigh Johnson, University of Denver; Katherine Elizabeth Jolliffe, Texas Christian University.Heather Leigh Karpas, Middlebury College; Caroline Neville Knudsen, Colgate University; Jacqueline Kimberly Koehn, University of Pennsylvania; Kate Lee Lynch, Miami University; Megan Lynn Manley, University of Colorado-Boulder; Elizabeth Anne Marsico, University of Southern California; Natalie Anne Medved, St. Mary’s College of California; Kendall Rhea Moore, Southern Methodist University; Kaia Elise Nutting, University of Colorado-Boulder; Jennifer Brooke Olson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Brooke Morrisey Parker, Bucknell College.Hannah Sophia Payne, University of San Diego; Kyle Devin Perlmutter, University of Miami; Maria Sue Piper, University of Denver; Jordan Nicole Poyfair, who will defer entry to the University of California-Santa Barbara to ski for the U.S. Freestyle Team in World Cup competitions; Samantha Lynn Roseman, University of Colorado-Boulder; Taylor Caroline Ford Sander, Wesleyan University-Middletown, CT; Emily Rebecca Scheible, Southern Methodist University; Victoria Elizabeth Buffington Scheid, Holy Cross; Sarah Anne Sharpe, University of Colorado-Boulder; Haley Marie Sorensen, Syracuse University; and Sophie Rose Williams, Southern Methodist University.
Young Men of Distinction are:Marcus William Alley, University of Colorado-Boulder; Nicholas James Bailey, University of Vermont; Christian Brennan Castaneda Beck, Northwestern University; Quinn Philip Behnke, University of Southern California; William Allen Breitenbach, Miami University; Jack Werner Buntmann, University of Southern Colorado; Andrew Kyle Catlin, University of Pittsburgh; Hayden Rhodes Cullen, University of Oregon; Peter Mark Davidson, Louisiana State University; Warren Nathaniel Eckloff III, University of Colorado-Boulder.James Kemper Fitzpatrick, University of Montana; Charles Patrick Gallagher, Southern Methodist University; Patrick James Jackman, University of Kansas; William Cody Johnston, Boston College; Spencer James Mahoney, University of Arizona; James Joseph Miller, Miami University; Thomas Cecil Miller III, University of Hawaii; Michael Anthony Napoli, University of Kansas; Robert Alan Oakes, Miami University; Alexander Marc Peter, University of the South; Andrew Whitney Pritzlaff, Hampden-Sydney College; William Beau Schoolcraft, University of California-Los Angeles.Maxwell Routon Shaw, Davidson College; Patrick Wesley Smola, Colorado State University; Jonathan Matthew Swinehart, Colby College; Louis Alan Talesnick, Syracuse University; Andrew Kugler vonGunten, St. Andrews University, Scotland; Daniel Joseph Weisiger, University of Colorado-Boulder; Peter Layton Williams, Colorado College; Steven Christopher Wylie, University of Denver; and Joseph Alan Yurglich, Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Pictures from Le Bal de Ballet are at denverpost.com/seengallery. Society Editor Joanne Davidson’s column about the event, which appears in the print edition of today’s Denver Post, also can be viewed online.

Society Editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com.